Title: Direct facility funding as a response to user fee reduction : implementation and perceived impact among Kenyan health centres and dispensaries

Authors: Opwora, Antony

Place: Oxford [etc.]

Publisher: Oxford university press [etc.]

Year: 2010

Journal: Health policy and planning

Volume: vol. 25, no. 5

PAGE: 406--418

Subject: Health and Poverty

Keywords: health services, health economics, kenya

Abstract: Reduction of user fees can have adverse effects by decreasing facility-level funds. To address this, direct facility funding (DFF) was piloted in Coast Province, Kenya. This study evaluated the implementation and perceived impact in health centres and dispensaries 2.5 years after DFF introduction.

URL: http://heapol.oxfordjournals.org/content/25/5/406.full.pdf+html

Document type: Portal